Jason Jones

Jason Jones, Director of Educational Technology

Jason’s group encompasses the software and hardware that directly supports the faculty’s teaching and research. After a decade as an English professor elsewhere, Jason came to Trinity in June of 2013 to help develop engaging, sustainable, and academically meaningful uses of educational technology.

Recent posts by Jason:

Security Changes Coming April 23 April 2018, Re-post of Antonio Crespo’s 3/28 email, “Enhanced Security for Systems on Trinity Campus”:
To improve the security of Trinity College systems and data, we are working on increasing the security of our servers, networks, and systems that are currently exposed to the internet.
To that end, we are looking to restrict external access to personal computers and ...

We’re Hiring a Digital Humanities Postdoc! March 2018,
An exciting development at Trinity College this year was the receipt of a Mellon Foundation Grant for Arts, Humanities, and Digital Scholarship. This will bring lots of opportunities to faculty and students across campus.
Information Services is delighted to be able to say that as part of this grant, we are hiring a digital humanities postdoc ...

Join Our Transcribe-a-Thon for Douglass Day on 2/14 February 2018,
On 14 February 2018, please join us in the Trinity College Library’s new Digital Scholarship Studio (LITC 182) for a transcribe-a-thon in honor of Frederick Douglass’s 200th birthday. Following the lead of the Colored Conventions project, we’ll be transcribing records of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
The Transcribe-a-thon is from 12-3pm, and is open to the public. Cake ...

Join Our Team: We’re Hiring an Instructional Technologist October 2017,
Trinity College is hiring an instructional technologist this fall. (It’s a replacement position*, not an expansion of the group.)
While the ad speaks for itself to some extent, I did want to highlight some other reasons why this is a good moment to join us.
The college has made significant investments recently in the educational technology ...

Mapathon for Puerto Rico: THIS FRIDAY (9/29) from 2pm-5pm September 2017,
Please join us this Friday (9/29) from 2pm-5pm in the Blume Lab (LITC 119) for a mapathon for Puerto Rico for hurricane relief.
Come help with relief efforts on the ground in Puerto Rico by contributing your time to open-source mapping.
Following the recent hurricane, people around the world are using the OpenStreetMap platform to give ...